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Expert: Nuclear Iran a regional power
Roee Nahmias
Published: 12.04.06, 09:00
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1. bush planning "october suprise" for iran
debra ,   usa   (04.12.06)
president bush is planning an "october surprise" for iran. the usa is going to attack iran's nuclear facilities and, if necessary, bush will use tactical nuclear weapons. america went to war against hitler and japan, it will go to war against this new anti-semitic leader from hell in iran. we are not a country that ducks for cover--we will take these sob's out for good. count on it.
2. Well done ...
Democrat ,   USA   (04.12.06)
Congratulation Iran for producing enriched uranium for enrgy generation. This will go a long way in reducing pollution and free up fossil fuels. Infact you can even share this peaceful technology with your neighbours. For those who oppose this for peaceful purposes; eat your heart out. A nuclear Iran is here to stay .... Democrat
3. Attack?
Ram ,   London   (04.12.06)
The West has shown itself to be a cowardly money grabbing entity blinded by their hunger for oil. Sadly this is the result. The task will only become harder with the passing of time. "He who hesitates is lost". "A stitch in time saves nine". Both old sayings have been ignored with regards to Iran's intentions. The price of a solution will only get higher in loss of lives. We watch and hope for divine intervention, seeing that the powers that be will continue to dither.
4. Does anybody sell weed in mass?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ,   Iran   (04.12.06)
5. #3 Why don't you attack Iran, you're so strong
Richard ,   New York, USA   (04.12.06)
6. No War
John ,   Kuwait   (04.12.06)
Thanks Iranian who got this peacfull technology, Iran is a imporved country, i was there for 2 years, they Persian people love the other Nations in the world, althoug the Americans, they just wanna say WE COULD HAVE THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY in our HANDS, Mr.Bush should be so carzay if wanna start a war against Iran, they are not as like as Iraq or Afghanestan, they have a very improved Army who equiped greatly with the OIL money.
7. the nuclear club.
jessie ,   norway   (04.12.06)
the world needs a roadmap. the UN way to handle a mad leader and the supporters of the madness,are as helpful as i am when i'm angry.i don't think twise. for too many years the leaders of the world fail to solve problems that relate to any "colleague." the future have to solve it ,after it have been growing.
8. For some reason....
Ron ,   LA   (04.12.06)
..when I look at this idiots in Iran, I remember this scene from a Spielberg movie.; The guy tries hard to impress Harrison Ford with a big sward. He hesitates for a while and then gets his gun and shoots the big guy between his eyes. End of episode. If I were Bush I would put Saddam in the cage and parade him on the streets of Baghdad. You see, Muslims don't understand defeat. They simply don't. Why? Their Quaran tells them, they are the superior, the winners no matter what. After all Mohammed was a warrior and pretty smart man. He asked his scribes to make his Quaran the way general would. You see Muslim need to be Hu- MI- LI -A-TED. This is the way they can understand that they screwed up . For them it means, Allah will. You see, Muslims don't want to wake up. We always kick the buzzer of their alarm clock... We need to hit them with this clock on the head, so to speak. Look now, this Ahmedjihad is a nut case, he waits for 12th imam, who emerges from the well to save him from his misery. He doesn't know that 12th imam will come to him from the sky to nuke, nuke on his door...
9. For some reason....
Ron ,   LA   (04.12.06)
..when I look at this idiots in Iran, I remember this scene from a Spielberg movie.; The guy tries hard to impress Harrison Ford with a big sward. He hesitates for a while and then gets his gun and shoots the big guy between his eyes. End of episode. If I were Bush I would put Saddam in the cage and parade him on the streets of Baghdad. You see, Muslims don't understand defeat. They simply don't. Why? Their Quaran tells them, they are the superior, the winners no matter what. After all Mohammed was a warrior and pretty smart man. He asked his scribes to make his Quaran the way general would. You see Muslim need to be Hu- MI- LI -A-TED. This is the way they can understand that they screwed up . For them it means, Allah will. You see, Muslims don't want to wake up. We always kick the buzzer of their alarm clock... We need to hit them with this clock on the head, so to speak. Look now, this Ahmedjihad is a nut case, he waits for 12th imam, who emerges from the well to save him from his misery. He doesn't know that 12th imam will come to him from the sky to nuke, nuke on his door...
10. childish, cruel and racist
Shai ,   T-A   (04.12.06)
The comments of ''Ron (LA)'' are typical of a nation of cow boys who believe that force may solve eveything : we know the result, yesterday, Vietnam and today Iraq, a war grounded on lies and doomed to fail. Understanding and respecting even your enemies will help you to avoid such bloody mistakes, mistakes we all pay
11. When they build it, it will meltdown and kills thousands
David Landman ,   Boston, USA   (04.12.06)
Its inevitable that if they build nuke plants (for power, yeah right), they will meltdown from being built on land that is so earthquake prone. The only people that are going to die are Aryan-Iranians and Arabs, and by the tens of thousands. Let the Arabs prevent their own catatophe. I really dont see how it can hurt, Israel, maybe Eurabia, and definately neighboring Arabs. Let Saudi Gammorah deal with it. Any missle aimed at Israel will only land in Jordan Palestine, Syria, or Iraq and kill tens of thousands of Arabs, especially since the Wind blows East. Just make sure the Arrow missles work as well as you say.
12. Shai your last name is Chamberlain isnt it?
Caligula's Horse ,   Solomon's stables   (04.12.06)
"I brought you peace"
13. Democrat, John, and Shai...
DR ,   Florida, USA   (04.12.06)
WAKE UP!!! Are you all blind??? Iran doesn't need nuclear power for energy, they have all the oil they need for eternity. Ever think of that? No? Shocking!!! If a country's leader openly states that he wants to wipe another country off the face of the earth...ie. Hitler, it is the international community's job to stop him. People like you just don't get the world and think everyone is peaceful and good. WAKE UP!!! Sadam Hussein ivaded Kuwait John, remember? YOur leades went on TV and plead for us to save them, but the US should not intervene right? What would happen if Iran did get nuclear weapons and started making demands of Israel and the middle east? I sure as hell do not want to find out. Get real guys, don't let your hate for everything Israeli blind your judgement.
14. shai
KAPARA   (04.12.06)
shai, you are an ahabal. vietnam/iraq.....both were and are noble goals. everyone agrees with that. lies? no one knew if sadam had wmd's, only that he used them 10 times against his own people. sadam hated america. al qaida hates america. world sees what 19 arabs with knives can do in ny on 9-11. SHOULD BUSH TAKE A CHANCE THAT SADAM COULD GIVE WMD TO AL QAIDA? THE QUESTION ISN'T WHY DID AMERICA ATTACK IRAQ....IT IS WHAT TOOK SO LONG AFTER 9-11. ??? I know.....you like singing "give peace a chance" ... just keep in mind, aside from ending slavery, communism, facism and nazism......war never solved anything.
15. # 12 Caligula's Donkey
Dan ,   Holland   (04.12.06)
You give horses a bad name. Chamberlain was demonized by those who wanted war in Erope "its the only way to convice Jews to immigrate to Palestine". Got it now ..... Donkey.
16. Thank you Shai ..
Muslim ,   Palestine   (04.12.06)
17. To #14
Muslim ,   Palestine   (04.12.06)
7abeebi the only noble goal is the interest of the US and to enable americans to have bigger cars...
18. # 15
Marc ,   EU   (04.12.06)
say something in dutch--
19. Shai, read and THINK!
Ron ,   LA   (04.12.06)
"Childish, cruel, racist The comments of ''Ron (LA)'' are typical of a nation of cow boys who believe that force may solve eveything : we know the result, yesterday, Vietnam and today Iraq, a war grounded on lies and doomed to fail. Understanding and respecting even your enemies will help you to avoid such bloody mistakes, mistakes we all pay " Shai , you throw words easily: racist, cruel, cowboy, force doesn’t work,, war of lies, understanding your enemies, respecting your enemies, mistakes we all pay…. I noticed you use all the regular leftist idioticy to describe your confusion, ignorance, defeatism and appeasement. Cowboy? What the hell you are talking about? Never wore cowboy boots. I am Israeli, pal Respecting your enemy? Whom? Iran? This Iran? http://www.memri.org/iran.html May be I am childish, but child grows up. Idiot- never. And neither many are here, I hope most on this forum are childish like me. Remember 1981 Shai? I don’t know if you were born at the time. But when Begin z’l bombed Iraqi reactor EVERYBODY, including Reagan, condemned Israel. But Begin knew better. Begin had balls. Begin wasn’t “respecting” his enemy. No, he knew too much who this monster was, who this Iraqi Hitler was. And now we all know. Of coarse Shai doesn’t. “ Respecting and understanding” enemy. Shame on somebody who dare to respect those fascists. You asking me to respect somebody who murdered, raped, gassed, assassinated, paid and hired killers who killed your friends in Tel Aviv. To respect and understand Ahmed-evil from Iran? The guy who wants to wipe your country out? The guy who has 5000 martyrs, ready to blow you up? I am racist? Why? Because I dare to say, what many military planners working on at this moment. You know that this Earth’s balls shake? Ahmad-jihad waits for 12th imam, who will come out of the well to save Muslim Umma and destroy the Jews. This is the enemy you want to respect. With people like you Israel is in dire straits. You probably too stuck in Tel Aviv, drinking too much Latte and listening to poetry with good joint. Go to Sderot, Shai! Go and try to respect and understand your fellow compatriots who suffer from Qassams. More “humanitarians” like you and we are lost!
20. Democrat, USA, aren't you the same person demonstrating....
AK   (04.12.06)
against nuclear reactors and forcing the closing of the brand-new reactor on Long Island? I suggest that as a nuclear energy enthusiast, you'll not object to creating a nuclear waste storage facility in your backyard either. But of cause, you're neither a Democrat nor an American -- just a nut-job who wants a nuclear power in the hands of some other nut jobs, so that you can make it to your muslim paradise real fast. No country sitting on huge oil reserves needs nuclear reactors to produce energy.
21. #15, Don't be Donkey's Ass.
AK   (04.12.06)
Chamberlain demonized by warmongers? Hardly. Actually his peace efforts helped to make WWII more bloody than it would have been otherwise, since Germany wasn't yet completely ready for the war when he was playing peace process with Hitler. Of cause, this allowed Hitler a few years later to wage the war on his terms and, if it were not for the early Russian winter and the American help, Hitler would have succeeded. You educated in Holland, Dan, and don't know your history, or was your daddy or granddad in Waffen-SS.
22. Iran
Shan X ,   Hollywood, Fl   (04.13.06)
The planet is being run by popular psychotic primates who don't care about practically anything (neo-nihilists) other than hoarding her natural resources for as long as they can for no apparent reason. Iran is just the newest in a number of massively suicidal moves by deranged developing countries. If she decides to take out Turkey and herself nuclearly I dont think anybody cares. I hope Israel and the US have deterrent capabilities against all practical nuclear threats but Im sure their governments dont really care, either.
23. Go For It
Joe Levi ,   Los Angeles. USA   (04.13.06)
Me thinks that a combined US-Israeli attack, using (at first) conventional weapons, against Iran, will do the trick on the first pass. If need be, the US can use it's "bunker busters" which have the equivalent of 15,000 lbs TNT. Israel has it's own bunker busters. Then, if necessary, Israel can unload a few "fusion" bombs on the mullahs prize nuclear sites (33). If they wait, Iran will have a few low yield nuclear devices, which can be threatening, especially if given clandestinely to their surrogates (Hezbollah and Hamas). Iran could also threaten Jewish neighborhoods in the Diaspora, with smuggled in "baby nukes", across the now porous Mexican border. Especially with the US debating immigration, no one is really looking at our (Calif) border or Texas (pre-occupied with details). Yes, Iran must NEVER have these weapons.....no matter what it takes. I would strike BEFORE, the spread of nuclear radiation envelopes the entire Persian area. We don't want innocents to die in the mushroom clouds, do we? Also, get the Iranian Jews out ASAP, an airlift will do.
24. #2 and #3
Ray ,   Texas, USA   (04.13.06)
#2 You are the typical tree hugging liberal. Why don't you move to North Korea, Venezuela, or Iran where you can be with politicians that think like yourself. Your attitude is why your party has lost control of the house, senate, executive, and supreme court. You and Darwin have allot in common: You are both extinct. #3 Where were you and your kind when American soldiers invaded the beaches of Normandy, rescued Kuwait, gave freedom to Iraq etc... with American blood. You don't have a clue what courage and honor about. Your thinking is like stunted slime. You are a selfish, jealous, little whiner that probably did not recieve enough descipline as a child. Your comments that describe you are not much more than chicken scratch. I am surprised I even took the time to respond to your type. I guess I was really bored when I wrote this.
25. #15 HAHAHAHAH
(04.13.06)
What next? Bin Laded was demonized by nationalistic Americans? Hahahahahah, you're a funny guy.
26. strange links all over argentina, lebanon but always home...
Yalla   (04.13.06)
...A lack of investigation into bombings in Jewish neighbourhoods was down to a buy out of Ex Argentinian President Carlos Menem by the Iranian revolutionary regime. This was in the 90's. The Iranians are responsible for Hezbollah, Syria in Lebanon & Hamas' weaponry. It is the sole purpose of the revolutionary regime of Iran to wipe out Israel. By proxy, by machiavelli, by semantical games to usher appeasement amongst international communities. The Middle East does need another weapon. It needs reform. Iraq was "the great satan" during the iran-iraq war & now Israel and USA. Crazy people who bring up millions of people to bathe in the rhetoric of hate & annhilation & dance in the streets to the calls for murder & bloodletting. Across the world they have made it their mission to destroy Israel & engage in a big war. All the threads of international terrorism over the past 20 years are coming home to Tehran. They have had a long plan. But some opinions would site that 4 years ago or so most Iranians wouldnt have given a care for Israel. But as things have brought the new leader to power and a clampdown on reformist movements the "long plan" elements of the regime have come to fruition in this new iranian leader. He has come a long at a time when the middle east certainly doesnt need anymore rhetoric such as his, but lo and behold, there seems to be a vocal nutcase in power and a whole load of Iranians powerless to do anything because their liberal reformist ideals a re now back a generation or so. If the president of Iran gets his game in play the end result will be no generation to see that happen. Persian culture predates modern Iran by 1000's of years and most Iranians abroad call themselves "Persians" Lets hope that Ira doesnt push the button and bring the world alight.....and supposedly in the name of G-d. Peace-shalom-salaam.
27. I liked Vietnam number 10# A few good
(04.13.06)
nukes should of been dropped by Nixon and it would of all been over Rikki Tik! If it weren't for Walter Blather Cronkite---we could of won the friggen war. We have three branches of government, which worked great until the technilogical revolution brought in the fourth branch. The news media is the fourth branch, which arrogantly tries every night to tell us we lost Vietnam, we've lost Iraq, and so forth and so on. They were never elected, voted on, asked for, or wanted in most cases. They just arrogantly shove their opinions down everyones throat every night. They lose the war before it has ever been fought or finished. If they ran their sports division in the same manner, they would tell everyone to go home before an NFL or NBA game was ever played. Only one team is going to win the Playoffs or Superbowl, the rest are losers, don't bother playing, you are doomed to defeat. Since these same stations want your advertisement dollars, they tout these games like everyone is a winner, and everyone is gonna win. So obviously you have to watch this exciting game. Even though only one team is going to be the winner. Lots of enthusiasm. And you wonder why we lose wars? They tell Americans that they have already lost, before the war ever takes place. They have already started the war in Iran. We've went after their nuclear facilities, been bogged down for months, used Nuclear Weapons. Mr Hersh says it's so. Thank God the news media wasn't around for WWII and the Civil War. We'd be speaking German, and the blacks would still be enslaved. Could you imagine CBS running through 500,000 peoples life stories every night? John wanted to grow up to play in the NFL----Yadah--Yadah----Yadah. American news media outlets are basically run by Tokyo Bell. The purveyor of misinformation and imminent defeatism.
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